§ 56. Mr. MESSERasked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that John Henry Fuller, a boy of 14 years of age, is the only boy patient in the Napsbury Mental Hospital, where all the other patients are adults; and whether he will take steps to obtain his transfer to a more suitable institution?
§ Sir K. WOODThe question of this patient's transfer to another institution has already been carefully considered, but I am advised that it is not at present desirable or practicable, having regard to his mental condition, as to which I am communicating with the hon. Member.
§ Mr. MESSERWill the right hon. Gentleman reconsider this case, if I send him a letter which I have received, showing that a boy in similar circumstances has been treated in an exceedingly bad and discreditable way by other patients, and that the danger of having one boy in a mental institution where all the other patients are men is highly dangerous?
§ Sir K. WOODOf course, I have not seen the communication to which the hon. Member refers, but I shall be glad if he will speak to me about it.